Garment-supporter



F. W. MILLER.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED Aua.10,1917.

Pate n ted Apr. 6, 1920.

"9H a 3k UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK XV. WELLER, C-F BETHEL, IY'iISSOURI.

GARMENT-SUPPOHTER.

Application filed August 10, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bethel, in the county of Shelby and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment supporters and has for its object to produce an elongated button member of a yieldable nature having an integrally formed protective back portion and its outer corner provided with extending lips which, when contacted by the loop member of the device, are designed to first yield inwardly until the said loop passes on to the shank of the button thereby permitting the said lips to spring to their initial position to effectively retain the loop upon the shank of the button.

It is a further object of the invention to produce a garment support comprising an elongated button member of compressible or yieldable material having its outer corners integrally formed with lips and its shank integrally formed with a protective back, a metallic loop being provided to engage with the button to clamp a garment around the shank of the said button, and which garment, by virtue of the compressible nature of the button, will be insured against injury when engaged thereby. I

It is a further object of the invention to produce a garment support comprising a button of compressible nature and a metallic loop designed to engage with the button, the construction being simple, strong and efiicient.

lVith the foregoing object in view, the invention resides in the construction, combination and operative arrangement of parts set forth in the following description and falling within the scope of what is claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improvement, the loop being arranged upon the button and the garment being indicated by the dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the button.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 5 designates an elastic tape which is provided, at one of its ends, with a pin or any other desired means for secur- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 185,551.

ing the same to a garment, and sewed or otherwise connected to the opposite end of the said elastic 5 is a non-elastic strip 6 to which is connected the reduced portion 7 of the base or body member 8 of the button 9. The button is integrally formed with a body and is constructed of some suitable compressible material embodying a desired amount of elasticity. Preferably, but not necessarily, the button and the body thereof, is formed from a composition of rubber and cloth, the body of the extension thereof comprising a fiat member and the inner face thereof is provided with a protective facing of some soft material, as indicated by the numeral 10, so that the device will not irritate or inflict injury to the person of the wearer. The button includes a substantially rectangular element or shank 11 which has its ends incut from its outer corners and forming the said corners with yieldable lips 12 which are substantially ii-shaped in plan. The metallic loop, designed to engage with the button, is indicated by the numeral 13 and is supported by a suitable tape 1%, providing a part of or secured to the non-elastic tape to which the body of the button is connected. The loop is of a substantially rectangular formation and is of a length only slightly greater than the length of the shank of the button.

It will be apparent that when the loop is arranged over the outer surface or head 15 of the button and forced inwardly toward the body thereof, the lips at the outer corners of the shank will yield in the direction of the body permitting the end strands of the loop to pass thereover, and thereafter, the said lips will again yield but in an outward direction, returning the same to their initial position and thus clamping the hose or other garment upon the device without danger of inflicting injury to the said garment.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

The herein described garment support including a button and a loop designed to engage the button, the said loop being of a length approximately equal or slightly greater than the shank of the button and of a less length than the head of said button, said button being wholly constructed of rubber, comprising a substantially rectangular body, a centrally arranged longitudinally extending shank of a less length out inwardly to the ends of the shank t0 provide elastic lips at the ends of the said head which are designed to yield to permit of the arrangement of the loop on the shank, and thereafter through their inherent elasticity to return to normal position for re- 10 taining the said 100p onthe said shank.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' FRANK W. MILLER. 

